Nick Bonner, will be in Washington Wednesday for a screening of his most recent film, Crossing The Line, at John’ s Hopkins University.
Wednesday, October 29th at 6:00pm
Opening Reception at 5:30pm
Kenney Auditorium at Johns Hopkins University
1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
About the film
In 1962, a U.S. soldier guarding the DMZ deserted his unit, walked across the most heavily fortified border on earth and defected to North Korea. Crossing the Line, a documentary directed by Daniel Gordon and co-produced by Nicholas Bonner, goes inside North Korea to tell James Joseph Dresnok’s story for the first time. Allowed unprecedented access by North Korean authorities, the filmmakers reveal the full story of his defection, as well as the political intrigue and personal passions that have kept him behind the Cold War’s last frontier ever since.
Westminster College in partnership with the SLC Film Center will host a FREE screening of the film Beyond the Call on Nov. 5, 2008 at 8 p.m., and reception at 7:30 p.m. in the Gore Auditorium in the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business.
In the Indiana Jones meets Mother Teresa adventure, three middle-aged men, former soldiers and modern-day knights travel the world delivering life-saving humanitarian aid directly into the hands of civilians and doctors. Ed Artis, James Laws and Walt Ratterman inspire through deeds not words, in some of the most dangerous yet beautiful places on Earth, the front lines of war.
The film has been well received by the New York Times and Variety magazine. Director Adrian Belic will discuss his film after the screening.
The screening is part of the 2007-2008 Westminster Film and Lecture Series, and is sponsored by the Associated Students of Westminster College and the Office of the President, and is curated by the SLC Film Center.
Anime, as Japanese animation is usually called, is an immense presence in the culture of Japan, with a global reach as well. During the film series “Anime for Grown-ups: The Art of Japanese Animation,” the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute will examine anime not from the perspective of genre expectations, but through the work of directors who speak in the international language of film. Films are free and held on Saturdays in November at 1 pm (Japanese with English subtitles) and 3 pm (dubbed American version).
Porco Rosso (1992, 94 min., rated PG)November 1
Oscar winner Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) directed Porco Rosso explicitly for adults. Like Casablanca meets Only Angels Have Wings, it tells of a World War I flying ace, reduced to bounty hunting against air pirates over the Adriatic while the Fascists come to power in 1920s Italy-and oh, incidentally, he’s turned into the Crimson Pig of the title.
Whisper of the Heart (1995, 111 min., rated PG)November 8 For Whisper of the Heart, a thoroughly charming tale of adolescent romance and a bright young girl’s search for self, Hayao Miyazaki wrote the script but gave the direction to heir apparent Yoshifumi Kondo. If you liked Juno, you will love this winning story of a brash schoolgirl finding both a boyfriend and a calling in life.
Grave of the Fireflies (1988, 88 min., rated PG-13)November 15 Directed by Isao Takahata, Hayao Miyazaki’s longtime collaborator, Grave of the Fireflies is a sensitive, harrowing film that depicts the impact of war on children, warranting comparison to all-time classic Forbidden Games. An orphaned boy and his younger sister, struggling for survival in the aftermath of the World War II firebombing of Japan, find evanescent beauty in a terminal landscape.
Tokyo Godfathers (2004, 92 min., rated PG-13)November 22 Satoshi Kon, a young director to watch, transposes John Ford’s Western Three Godfathers to the underbelly of modern-day Tokyo, with three tramps-an alcoholic, a transvestite, and a teen runaway-finding a baby on Christmas Eve, and encountering comic adventures in their heartwarming attempt to return the child to its mother.
Paprika (2006, 90 min., rated R)November 29 Paprika is the therapeutic avatar of a powerful woman psychiatrist, partnered with a blubbery nerd genius who has invented a machine that allows physical entry into the dreams of subjects, a dangerous weapon in the hands of the unscrupulous and power-mad.
The Clark is located at 225 South Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The galleries are open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm (daily in July and August). Admission is free November 1 through May 31. Admission June 1 through October 31 is $12.50 for adults, free for children 18 and younger, members, and students with valid ID. For more info., call 413-458-2303 or visit www.clarkart.edu.
View the “The Violin,” a highly regarded Mexican film and winner of 46 international awards, at 2 p.m. on Nov. 15 at the Great Falls Public Library as November’s installment in the library’s Foreign and Independent Film Series.
The debut by Mexican director Francisco Vargas is a potent work that melds aesthetic and thematic concerns within an involving dramatic framework.
The story is set during Mexico’s peasant revolts during the ’70s. A strong nonprofessional cast lends authenticity to the story – especially the performance and presence by one-handed Angel Tavira, who at 80 years old is a legendary, traditional musician.
The film’s visual beauty doesn’t keep it from emphasizing the bleak reality faced by its impoverished characters. The poor may be overmatched, but, as one character says, “our destiny is to fight” because “the land is ours.”
This month’s short is the French film, “Un Bisou Pour Le Mond.”
The library shows films each month on the second Wednesday and the following Saturday. The series runs through May. Some films may contain strong language or adult situations, and they are not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.
Brochures containing brief film synopses are available at the library.
MICA Hosts Free Screening of ‘Trouble the Water’ Oct. 28 in Falvey Hall BALTIMORE–The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)/Maryland Fall Film Series presents a free screening of Trouble the Water (2008) at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28 in Falvey Hall of Brown Center, 1301 Mount Royal Ave.
Documentarians Tia Lessin and Carl Deal collaborated with native New Orleans filmmaker and musician Kimberly Rivers Roberts to create a powerful survival story that reflects the lives of many of those who were directly affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Rivers Roberts’ footage of her hometown before, during, and after the storm provides an account that essentially rewrites most of the media coverage of the disaster. The levee protecting Rivers Roberts’ humanity against the hurricane’s devastation includes her deep-rooted love for New Orleans, her family, her art, and her enduring faith in her fellow human beings.
Trouble the Water, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, is the signature presentation of the MICA/Maryland Film Festival Fall Film Series. Lessin and Deal will appear at the Oct. 28 screening.
October film festival screenings are free to all as part of Free Fall Baltimore. Seats will be available first-come, first-served.
The Holocaust Awareness Committee is hosting a film screening of Polansky’s highly-acclaimed movie ‘The Pianist‘. The screening itself will be followed by a brief discussion in an effort to raise awareness of the holocaust itself. Admission is free, all are welcome and light snacks and refreshments will be served.
Monday, October 20th, 2008 07:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Cost: Free
Location: Carleton University 206 Tory Building Contact: Holocaust Awareness Committee
“The Ground Truth” Film Screening at Carleton College in Northfield, MN
October 21, 2008
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Olin Hall Room 149
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Please join Campus Progress and the Student Alliance for Veterans and Soldiers (SAVS) at Carleton College for a film screening of “The Ground Truth.” Director Patricia Foulkrod’s searing documentary traces the experience of patriotic young Americans throughout their time in Iraq. Refreshments will be served.
The Iraq conflict, depicted with ferocious honesty in the film, is a prelude for the even more challenging battles fought by the soldiers returning home – with personal demons, an uncomprehending public, and an indifferent government.
This event is free and is open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Student Alliance for Veterans and Soldiers.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
A Powerful Noise – A documentary film about women changing the world.
Hanh is an HIV-positive widow in Vietnam. Nada, a survivor of the Bosnian war. And Jacqueline works the slums of Bamako, Mali. Three very different lives. Three vastly different worlds. But they share something in common: Power. These women are each overcoming gender barriers to rise up and claim a voice in their societies. Through their empowerment and ability to empower others, Hanh, Nada and Jacqueline are sparking remarkable changes. Fighting AIDS. Rebuilding communities. Educating girls.
Hanh learned that she had contracted HIV after her husband and daughter died from AIDS. Bouncing back from despair, she started a self-help group in Vietnam, called Immortal Flower, to give people living with HIV/AIDS a place for support, counseling and health care.
Nada is a working mother of three children. As a refugee, she survived the Bosnian War. Her women’s association, Maya Kravica, is helping ease hostilities between Serbs and Bosniaks in a region marred by war crimes and massive destruction. Nada is building an agricultural cooperative to offer employment opportunities for war widows, and fair trade markets for families to sell their crops and livestock.
Free public screenings of “Life is for the Living,” a documentary by University of Michigan senior Michael Rubyan about embryonic stem-cell research, are planned in theaters around the state during the next two weeks.
Inspired by Rubyan’s grandmother’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease, the independent film tells the stories of five families living with juvenile diabetes, Parkinson’s disease and spinal cord injury. It explores the science and politics of stem-cell research, including Proposal 2 on the Nov. 4 ballot, which would amend Michigan’s restrictions on such research.
The film’s introduction is by Mike Wallace of “60 Minutes” and is followed by interviews with researchers, political leaders and advocates.
Screenings are set for 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. today at Maple Art Theatre in Bloomfield Township, 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Flint Institute of Arts and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Wealthy Theatre in Grand Rapids. Details: www.lifeisfortheliving.org.
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